Outcomes and bleb-related complications of trabeculectomy.

Purpose: To determine rates of success and complications of trabeculectomy surgery.

Design: Case series.

Participants: Consecutive patients undergoing trabeculectomy by 2 surgeons between May 2000 and October 2008.

Comparison of limbus-based and fornix-based trabeculectomy: success, bleb-related complications, and bleb morphology.

Purpose: To compare the success and complications of trabeculectomy performed with limbus-based and fornix-based conjunctival approaches.

Design: Retrospective case series with some prospective data collection.

Participants: Consecutive patients undergoing trabeculectomy by 2 surgeons between May 2000 and October 2008.

Community screening for eye disease by laypersons: the Hoffberger program.

Purpose: To describe the results of a community-based eye screening program in Baltimore.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of the results of screening both eyes of 5352 persons who presented at multiple community sites.